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When I open 'Get Info' copy my icon over the default and it applies it but it never shows it. It only shows the default PNG icon (with the pictures and the camera).
Does anybody faced the problem before? I can't figure out any solution to change the file icon.
Thanks for looking.
mmrs151
Posted 2013-06-10T10:23:55.947
Reputation: 151
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You have to paste the contents of the image instead of the file. For example open the image in Preview, press ⌘A and ⌘C, open an information window for the target file in Finder, click the image well in the top left corner, and press ⌘V.
Lri
Posted 2013-06-10T10:23:55.947
Reputation: 34 501
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You must be copying a PNG file.
Note that Mac OS X uses icns files as icons. So, first convert your PNG to ICNS and then repeat the steps you did before.
Aritra
Posted 2013-06-10T10:23:55.947
Reputation: 101
2Can you expand your answer to explain how to accomplish that? – fixer1234 – 2015-07-19T19:32:36.587
You can use a free Mac Application called Image2icon to accomplish the above. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/image2icon-make-your-own-icons/id992115977?mt=12
– double_j – 2016-08-09T17:08:44.690There are many free websites as well which can convert png to icns and vice versa – Aritra – 2016-08-16T22:17:57.430
It is NOT necessary to convert the png file first. See the other answer. – not2savvy – 2019-07-12T15:51:15.563